{"id":283977,"date":"2026-07-01T19:29:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T19:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/283977\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T19:29:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T19:29:00","slug":"a-night-to-remember-queens-gazette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/283977\/","title":{"rendered":"A Night To Remember &#8211; Queens Gazette"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.qgazette.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/2026-07-01\/9p1.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-204597\" class=\"wp-image-204597 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/9p1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Astoria Park was packed with thousands of community members and visitors who came together to celebrate one of Queens\u2019 most antic\u00adipated iconic summer traditions.\" width=\"300\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-204597\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Astoria Park was packed with thousands of community members and visitors who came together to celebrate one of Queens\u2019 most antic\u00adipated iconic summer traditions.<\/p>\n<p>The Central Astoria LDC\u2019s 42nd Annual Independence Day Celebration was one to re\u00admember. Astoria Park was packed with thousands of community members and visitors who came together to celebrate one of Queens\u2019 most anticipated iconic summer traditions and it did not disappoint.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s milestone celebration featured an electrifying performance by the sensational Alyson Briggs + Dan Gabel and their 18-piece big band. Their vibrant stage presence filled the park with electric energy and patriotic spirit \u2014 a perfect kickoff to an incredible evening.<\/p>\n<p>Council Member Tiffany Cab\u00e1n welcomed the crowd noting that this was one of her fa\u00advorite annual events embodying the multiculturalism and unity of Astoria. NYS Senator Michael Gianaris, in his last year as Senator, led the audience in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.<\/p>\n<p>At 9:15 PM, all eyes turned to the sky for a jaw-dropping fireworks display by Grucci! The bursts of color and light had the entire lawn and park erupting in cheers, capturing the joy and magic of Independence Day in a way only fireworks can.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qgazette.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/2026-07-01\/9p2.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-204601\" class=\"wp-image-204601 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/9p2-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"Council Member Tiffany Cab\u00e1n welcomed the crowd noting that this was one of her fa\u00advorite annual events embodying the multicul\u00adturalism and unity of Astoria.\" width=\"203\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-204601\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Council Member Tiffany Cab\u00e1n welcomed the crowd noting that this was one of her fa\u00advorite annual events embodying the multicul\u00adturalism and unity of Astoria.<\/p>\n<p>George Stamatiades, President of Central Astoria, thanked everyone who came out, showed joy, togetherness, and community pride that makes Astoria so special.<\/p>\n<p>For updates and more information, visit www.centralastoria.org. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qgazette.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/2026-07-01\/9p3.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-204605\" class=\"wp-image-204605 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/9p3-300x157.jpg\" alt=\"(L. to r.): Marie Torniali, Executive Direc\u00adtor of Central Astoria LDC; George Stamati\u00adades, President of Central Astoria LDC; Council Member Tiffany Cab\u00e1n; State Senator and Deputy Majority Leader Michael Gia\u00adnaris; Tony Barsamian, Executive Vice Presi\u00addent of Central Astoria LDC.\" width=\"300\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-204605\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(L. to r.): Marie Torniali, Executive Direc\u00adtor of Central Astoria LDC; George Stamati\u00adades, President of Central Astoria LDC; Council Member Tiffany Cab\u00e1n; State Senator and Deputy Majority Leader Michael Gia\u00adnaris; Tony Barsamian, Executive Vice Presi\u00addent of Central Astoria LDC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Astoria Park was packed with thousands of community members and visitors who came together to celebrate one of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283978,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-283977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}